The activities or services focussed on creation, rearrangement and interpretation of new and existing ideas are referred to as
- A.quaternary activities
- B.quinary activities
- C.tertiary activities
- D.secondary activities
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, quinary activities. Services that create, rearrange and interpret new and existing ideas, interpret data and evaluate new technologies are classed as quinary activities.
Economic activities are grouped by what they do. Primary activities take resources directly from nature, such as farming, fishing and mining. Secondary activities process them into goods in industry. Tertiary activities provide services such as trade, transport and communication. Quaternary activities are knowledge-based services: gathering, processing and spreading information, research and development, education and consulting. Quinary activities are the highest level of decision-making and idea-creation, carried out by top executives, senior government officials, scientists and policy-makers; their workers are sometimes called gold-collar workers.
A is wrong because quaternary activities centre on information, research and knowledge, not top-level idea-creation. C is wrong because tertiary activities are ordinary services like trade and transport. D is wrong because secondary activities are manufacturing and processing.
Exam tip: Primary (red collar), secondary (blue), tertiary and quaternary (white), quinary (gold collar).
Practice Questions
View allWeathering, mass wasting, erosion and transportation are indicators of which one of the following processes?
- A.Denudation
- B.Endogenetic process
- C.Diastrophism
- D.Mountain building
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Weathering, mass wasting, erosion and transportation together wear down and strip away the earth's surface, and this combined work is called denudation.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements :
1. Rocks do not remain in their original form for long and undergo transformation.
2. Transformation of rocks is caused by weathering, erosion and metamorphic action.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- A.1 only
- B.2 only
- C.Both 1 and 2
- D.Neither 1 nor 2
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Rocks are constantly changed from one form to another, and the agents of that change are weathering, erosion and metamorphism, which together make up the rock cycle.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following is not a mountain peak of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands?
- A.Saddle Peak
- B.Mount Thuillier
- C.Lhotse Peak
- D.Mount Diavolo
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Lhotse is not in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands at all; it is a Himalayan peak on the border of Nepal and Tibet, just south of Mount Everest, and at about 8,516 metres it is the fourth-highest mountain in the world.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following Indian States has the longest coastline?
- A.Tamil Nadu
- B.Gujarat
- C.Maharashtra
- D.Andhra Pradesh
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Gujarat has the longest coastline of any Indian state. Its coast runs from the Rann of Kachchh in the north, around the Gulf of Kachchh and the Saurashtra (Kathiawar) peninsula, into the Gulf of Khambhat and down to the border with Maharashtra near Daman.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements regarding soil is/are correct?
1. Alluvial soils are rich in nitrogen content.
2. Black soils are rich in iron and lime but deficient in nitrogen.
3. Laterite soils are rich in iron and aluminium but deficient in nitrogen and potassium.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
- A.1 and 2 only
- B.3 only
- C.2 and 3 only
- D.1, 2 and 3
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Statement 1 is wrong: alluvial soils, the most widespread soils of India, are generally rich in potash and lime but poor in nitrogen and phosphorus, which is why farmers on the northern plains add nitrogen fertiliser.
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